Where Your Secrets Hide

SECRET 35 (VOLUME 2)

A dark storm collided in the dark night.

A thunder echoed all around the town just before a lighting hit the ground.

The rain started pouring down and it didn't stop.

The rain continues as a man is walking under the rain without anything to cover him from being wet. He just keeps walking and walking without even caring about himself if he is getting wet or not.

You might not notice it since it is raining but his tears are falling down to his cheek from his eyes, with the rain drops dripping to his face.

He couldn't believe what he witnessed, he couldn't believe that his loved one was shot in front of him.

His beige casual clothes are covered in blood, blood from the girl she loved the most, the girl that died in front of him.

And from that moment, he swears, that whoever this serial killer roaming and killing everyone in his town, specially in his school, will regret everything.

Because he is the one who will finish this whoever the fucker is.

He just keeps walking and walking until he steps onto something.

He looks down as he saw a poster of a missing boy on the ground being flash away from the rain. He bents down a little but to get it and crumbled it and throw it anywhere as he felt so mad.

"It's been two weeks since another boy has been missing from his home. His last appearance is on his high school campus 9 in the evening after they won another trophy." He heard on the news from a car that approached him.

"Sir are you alright?" The girl asks inside the car, but the boy didn't responded like he couldn't hear the girl. "Sir." She said again and now she steps out of her car with her umbrella to approach the boy.

When she did, the boy look at her and the girl drops the umbrella because of her surprise.

She was surprise because the boy is covered in blood and she didn't know why, so she panicked and left him alone, thinking that the boy might be the killer, might be the serial killer who is killing everyone in their town since this last 3 months.

Thinking that he is the 'WestHood Killer'.

But is the girl right? Or is she wrong and he is just covered in blood because he witnessed death?

3 months before the storm.

2 YEARS AFTER

The wind howls and the bird tweet, the sun shines right into my face.

And I know, it is time for me to start the day, the new day.

I opened my eyes and smile to greet back the new dawn of life.

I stood up and wear my slippers and start walking to the bathroom for me to take a pee and for me to brush my teeth. After doing all that, I quickly went to my kitchen to prepare myself a breakfast while reading a book for my quiz today. After minutes of me waiting and reading, the oven clicks, a sign that my bread are now toasted.

I start eating my breakfast while still reading, when my phone vibrates, a new notification comes.

I close the book and look to my phone for notification, and it was someone name Jake with a moon profile picture following me on my **.

I just put my phone down and wash the dishes as soon as I finished my breakfast and took a bath. It is normal for me to have a new follower everyday on my **, so, nothing's important to this new follower that I have.

I grab a pair of towels, for my face and my body and start to take a shower.

After doing that, I immediately look to my closet to decide which clothes I should wear today, and it has to be spectacular since I will give speech to everyone as their new student council president.

See?

Student council President.

I look into the mirror to look at myself and smiled. "What a godly handsome am I?" I said to the mirror and smile while fixing the jacket that I am wearing.

I open my drawer beside my bed and get the box underneath some clothes and some random stuff there.

I opened the box and count the money that is inside the box.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6! 6 thousand dollars." I said after counting my thousands and smiles. "Manifesting is great." I said and get a thousand dollar there for my allowance for today and put all the money back to the box to the drawer.

How did I managed to have a 6 thousand dollars?

Well, hard work b***h.

Just kidding, but not kidding at the same time.

But for real, I really love to work nowadays, specially if it is everyday income.

I work aas a barista at this nightclub every weekends, I tutor students, and I work as a cashier to this little supermarket and almost everyday, I am getting a 500 dollars, not too bad for a beginner.

And my uncle are still giving me money, even though I can feel that he is still mad and sad at the same time because Reynaldo died in my place, murdered in my place.

But, I don't want to talk about that anymore I don't want to talk about death anymore, because I want to forget.

I figured out too that C is Henry, how?

Because when Henry gto arrested, C stops bothering me, and it is just a sign, and a clue that C is Henry.

And if you ask me how's Henry, he is doing pretty fine in a juvenile jail, as long as I heard, Henry will be transported to a real jail after he turned 19 this week. But, before he will be completely transferred there, they still have to do a trial, a court trial to see if how many years Henry will stay at prison.

It is heartbreaking since I ma his best friend, which I think he wouldn't think the same thing after I betrayed him.

My plan wasn't supposed to end up like that, but I guess even the results of your plan will still surprise you.

I wanted to find the real culprit of CAhse death, but I just don't know how, I don't really have any evidence left at me, I don't really have any clue who killed CAhse, except for the knife that killed Chase that until is missing.

They didn't find the murder weapon, they just knew that Chase died in a severe stabbing on his body, his heart, his anything.

Sheesh.

Why am I even talking about this? I don't want to dig back into my past since past is past, and I ma living in the future now, I am living where my future will tell me which way I should go.

And today is the start of a new day for me.

I won as the student council president.

So why should I find a way for me to destroy this happy day of mine.

I inhale and smile to the sky and leave the house. I went to my car and start it for me to start driving to school.

I saw Henry's house that is now empty...

I remmeebr how his mother is so mad at me, because she thinks hat I am the reason why Henry went to jail.

I can even remember their last day here in WestHood town. Before they leave the town so they can erase all the bad memories that happened here.

I woke up because of the loud banging noise that is happening on my front door downstairs.

It's in the middle of the night, who could that be? Didn't they know that somone is still sleeping? How could they disturbed someone by knocking the door so loudly, I don't even know if they are knocking or kicking the door.

I opened the door and my eyes widened as soon as I saw who that person is.

Henry's mother walked in with rage on her and slap me that makes me fall on the ground since I did not expect that.

"YOU! After what my family done to you? After what we've done to you this is how you're going to repay us? After what my son did to you, after we help you? How could you do this to us? How could you pin a murder to your best friend? How dare you do this to us! How?! Is Henry even your friend? Huh? Did you even consider Henry as your friend huh Jackson?" She said while still crying.

She couldn't believe that her son is in jail, because of me.

"My son would never lie! So if he says that you killed him, means you killed him! Henery could never kill a man! Henry could never kill a person! The only one who could kill someone is you!" She shouted.

"Then how are you so sure that I can kill a person? You didin't even know your son much than I do! I kill nobody, it isn' my fault that your son, s***h my best friend is a killer." I said and stood up from being on the floor. "My son kill nobody too! And what are you talking about me not knowing that my son more than you? Who are you to tell me this?" She said.

She wanted to ddeny everything, but I can see to her face that she is confuse and curious at the same time.

"Look to your son's room, you might find something interesting there that maybe I can prove you that you don't know your son much than I do." Is aid, talking about the drugs and the money in his room.

I don't want to expose him, I don't want to expose his secret, but what can I do?

And in fact, I have to tell to his mther, because what if his client come? I can't ket that happen because Henry's family might end up dead if that happened.

Just before she attacked me again, police arrived and drag her away from me.

"Are you okay Mr.Hall?" The detective ssaid and I just nodded. "Don't worry, detective Portman told us that from now on, tehre are people who will protect you and guard you so this can never happen." They said and I just nodded.

I can still see Henry's mother's pain.

That is the last time I saw her, I talk to them, except of course when they leave, I saw them, but never talk to them.

I didn;;t even know if she found what I am talking about, but I am pretty sure they found it since their house is literally empty.